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HAVE NO FEAR of perfection. You'll never reach it. [Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali]
YOU ONLY have power over people so long as you don't take
everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's
no longer in your power - he's free again. [Alexander Solzhenitsyn]
Contents
Supporting "well medleys" are presupposed
throughout:Briefing: Before Embarking
Before embarking on these outstanding teachings, maybe we should inform
that miao is Chinese and means essential mystery. That is what
Professor Lin Yutang explains in his translation of the first chapter of
Dao De Jing. [Wic]We could advocate fair moderation and understanding hand in hand. Those who attend to everyday tasks, may get their everydays all right from it. Listen to your own inner wisdom to 'see' that life most often consists of everydays. Therefore it is important to see higher knowledge and wisdom in performing everyday tasks well.
Let those who appreciate tactful reserve blossom. Tactful reserve doesn't have to manipulate, overstate and go back on a lot of words later.
It happens that the pupil teaches and the master learns. Allow for it.
Sage Words and Biting and Scratching
"Biting and scratching is Scots folk's wooing. [British proverb, Dp 147]
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| The best is far from getting outsmarted. |
"Kartikeya one day scratched a cat with his nail. On going home, he saw that there was a scratch on the cheek of his mother Parvati. Seeing this he asked her,
"Mother, how did you get this ugly scratch on your cheek?"
The mother replied,
"You have done it; it's the scratch of your nail."
Kartikeya asked in wonder:
"How is it? I don't remember to have scratched you at any time."
The Mother replied,
"Darling, have you forgotten you scratched a cat this morning?"
Kartikeya said,
"Yes, I did, but how did your cheek get the scar?"
She replied, "Well, nothing exists in this world but women-folks as myself. The whole creation is myself; whoever you may hurt, you hurt me."
Kartikeya was greatly surprised to hear this. How could he marry his mother and not scratch her more with his toes in bed? He gave up the idea of getting married. You may add one or more "alas" for yourself. [Cf. Tas]
In the tale the scratcher (Kartikeya) was deftly held to be no part of the world. That is one trick - even though it is said that "the whole creation is myself" - SO WHAT ABOUT MEN AND BOYS? Ignoring them as equal partners forms part of the plot of the ancient humorous tale.IF YOU WOULD woo and scratch in marriage, there could be a sort of pussycat to scratch as well - We have to beware of rather infantile regressions and fixations, as we grow larger and more competent - and steer away from doing havoc when it is unneeded.
Consider every woman as your mother, said Paramahansa Yogananda. The question is how much mother's milk you get that way. So get wiser.
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